Meioceras is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Caecidae.[1]

Meioceras
Lectotype of Meioceras nitidum at MNHN, Paris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Truncatelloidea
Family: Caecidae
Genus: Meioceras
Carpenter, 1859
Type species
Meioceras cornucopiae Carpenter, 1859
Synonyms

Caecum (Meioceras) Carpenter, 1859

Species

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Species within the genus Meioceras include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Meioceras bermudezi Pilsbry & Aguayo, 1934: synonym of Meioceras cornucopiae Carpenter, 1859
  • Meioceras bitumidum de Folin, 1869: synonym of Meioceras nitidum (Stimpson, 1851)
  • Meioceras boucheti Pizzini & Raines, 2011: synonym of Mauroceras boucheti (Pizzini & Raines, 2011) (original combination)
  • Meioceras carpenteri de Folin, 1869: synonym of Meioceras nitidum (Stimpson, 1851)
  • Meioceras cingulatum Dall, 1892: synonym of Meioceras nitidum (Stimpson, 1851)
  • Meioceras constrictum Pilsbry & Aguayo, 1933: synonym of Meioceras cornucopiae Carpenter, 1859
  • Meioceras contractum de Folin, 1874: synonym of Meioceras nitidum (Stimpson, 1851)
  • Meioceras cornubovis Carpenter, 1859: synonym of Meioceras cornucopiae Carpenter, 1859
  • Meioceras coxi de Folin, 1869: synonym of Meioceras nitidum (Stimpson, 1851)
  • Meioceras crossei de Folin, 1869: synonym of Meioceras nitidum (Stimpson, 1851)
  • Meioceras deshayesi de Folin, 1869: synonym of Meioceras nitidum (Stimpson, 1851)
  • Meioceras fischeri de Folin, 1870: synonym of Meioceras nitidum (Stimpson, 1851)
  • Meioceras imiklis de Folin, 1870: synonym of Meioceras nitidum (Stimpson, 1851)
  • Meioceras kajiyamai Habe, 1963: synonym of Mauroceras kajiyamai (Habe, 1963) (original combination)
  • Meioceras legumen (Hedley, 1899): synonym of Mauroceras legumen (Hedley, 1899)
  • Meioceras leoni Bérillon, 1874: synonym of Meioceras nitidum (Stimpson, 1851)
  • Meioceras mariae de Folin, 1881: synonym of Meioceras cornucopiae Carpenter, 1859
  • Meioceras moreleti de Folin, 1869: synonym of Meioceras nitidum (Stimpson, 1851)
  • Meioceras rhinoceros Pizzini, Raines & Vannozzi, 2013: synonym of Mauroceras rhinoceros (Pizzini, Raines & Vannozzi, 2013) (original combination)
  • Meioceras sandwichense de Folin, 1881: synonym of Mauroceras sandwichense (de Folin, 1881) (original combination)
  • Meioceras subinflexum de Folin, 1869: synonym of Meioceras nitidum (Stimpson, 1851)
  • Meioceras tenerum de Folin, 1869: synonym of Meioceras cubitatum de Folin, 1868
  • Meioceras undulosum de Folin, 1869: synonym of Meioceras nitidum (Stimpson, 1851)

References

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  1. ^ Meioceras Carpenter, 1859. WoRMS (2010). Meioceras. Accessed through: World Register of Marine * at http://www.marine* .eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415618 on 4 June 2013 .
  2. ^ Meioceras cornucopiae Carpenter, 1858. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 August 2010.
  3. ^ Meioceras cubitatum Folin, 1868. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 August 2010.
  4. ^ Meioceras nitidum (Stimpson, 1851). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 August 2010.
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